EELC European Employment Law Cases http://www.eelc-online.com EELC European Employment Law Cases ne http://www.eelc-online.com/site/news.rss EELC European Employment Law Cases eelc@sdu.nl eelc@sdu.nl Nieuws <![CDATA[ ECtHR 12 February 2008, Application No 14277/04 (Guja – v – Moldova) (“Guja”), Moldovan case (FREE SPEECH - WHISTLEBLOWING); and ECtHR 6 October 2011, Application No 32820/09 (Vellutine and Michel – v – France) (“Vellutine”), French case (FREE SPEECH - TRA ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/signalering_detail/20092371.html ECtHR 6 October 2011, Application No 32820/09 (Vellutine and Michel – v – France... ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/signalering_detail/20092371.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-05-03 19:20:51 <![CDATA[ Case C-7/12 (Nadezda Riežniece - v - Republic of Latvia), reference lodged by the Latvian Augstākās tiesas Senāta on 4 January 2012 (SEX DISCRIMINATION AND PARENTAL LEAVE) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/signalering_detail/20092369.html http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/signalering_detail/20092369.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-05-03 19:20:45 <![CDATA[ Case C-5/12 (Marc Betriu Montull - v - INSS), reference lodged by the Spanish Juzgado de lo Social de leida on 3 January 2012 (SEX DISCRIMINATION and PARENTAL LEAVE) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/signalering_detail/20092368.html http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/signalering_detail/20092368.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-05-03 19:20:38 <![CDATA[ Case C-681/11 (Anita Chieza - v - Secretary of State for Work and Pensions), reference lodged by the UK Upper Tribunal on 22 December 2011 (SEX DISCRIMINATION) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/signalering_detail/20092367.html http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/signalering_detail/20092367.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-05-03 19:20:30 <![CDATA[ Case C-619 (Patricia Dumont de Chassart - v - ONAFTS), reference lodged by the Belgian Tribunal du travail de Bruxelles on 30 November 2011 (INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SECURITY) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/signalering_detail/20092365.html http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/signalering_detail/20092365.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-05-03 19:20:24 <![CDATA[ Case C-575/11 (Eleftherios-Themistoklis Nasiopoulos - v - Minister for Health and Social Welfare), reference lodged by the Greek Simvoulio tis Epikratias on 16 November 2011 (FREE MOVEMENT) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/signalering_detail/20092363.html http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/signalering_detail/20092363.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-05-03 19:20:18 <![CDATA[ Case C-556/11 (María Jesús Lorenzo Martínez - v - Direcci”n Provicial de Educaci”n Valladolid), reference lodged by the Spanish Juzgado Contencioso-Administrativo de Valladolid on 3 November 2011 (GENERAL DISCRIMINATION) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/signalering_detail/20092360.html http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/signalering_detail/20092360.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-05-03 19:20:11 <![CDATA[ Case 548/11 (Edgard Mulders - v - Rijkdsdienst voor Pensioenen), reference lodged by the Belgian Arbeidshof te Antwerpen on 31 October 2011 (SOCIAL INSURANCE) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/signalering_detail/20092355.html http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/signalering_detail/20092355.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-05-03 19:20:03 <![CDATA[ Opinion of Advocate-General Mengozzi of 12 January 2012, case C-415/10 (Galina Meister - v - Speech Design Carrier Systems GmbH) (“Meister”), German case (SEX, AGE AND ETHNIC ORIGIN DISCRIMINATION) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/signalering_detail/20092288.html http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/signalering_detail/20092288.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-05-03 19:19:55 <![CDATA[ ECJ 15 March 2012, case C-157/11 (Guiseppe Sibilio - v - Comune di Afragola) (“Sibilio”), Italian case (FIXED TERM WORK) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/signalering_detail/20092287.html http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/signalering_detail/20092287.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-05-03 19:19:44 <![CDATA[ ECJ 8 March 2012, case C-251/11 (Martial Huet - v – Université de Bretagne occidentale) (“Huet”), French case (FIXED-TERM WORK) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/signalering_detail/20092286.html http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/signalering_detail/20092286.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-05-03 19:19:34 <![CDATA[ ECJ 1 March 2012, case C-393/10 (Dermond Patrick O’Brien - v - Ministry of Justice) (“O’Brien”), UK case (PART-TIME WORK) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/signalering_detail/20092285.html http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/signalering_detail/20092285.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-05-03 19:19:28 <![CDATA[ ECJ 26 January 2012, case C-218/10 (ADV Allround Vermittlungs AG - v - Finanzamt Hamburg-Bergedorf) (“ADV Allround”), German case (VALUE ADDED TAX) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/signalering_detail/20092284.html http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/signalering_detail/20092284.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-05-03 19:19:20 <![CDATA[ ECJ 26 January 2012, case C-586/10 (Bianca Kücük - v - Land Nordhein-Westfalen) (“Kücük”), German case (FIXED-TERM WORK) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/signalering_detail/20092283.html http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/signalering_detail/20092283.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-05-03 19:19:13 <![CDATA[ ECJ (Grand Chamber) 24 January 2012, case C-282/10 (Maribel Dominguez - v – Centre informatique du Centre Ouest Atlantique and Préfet de la région Centre) (“Dominguez”), French case (PAID LEAVE) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/signalering_detail/20092282.html http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/signalering_detail/20092282.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-05-03 19:19:05 <![CDATA[ ECJ 15 December 2011, case C-257/10 (Försäkringskassan - v - Elisabeth Bergström) (“Bergström”), Swedish case (SOCIAL SECURITY) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/signalering_detail/20092281.html http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/signalering_detail/20092281.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-05-03 19:18:56 <![CDATA[ 2012/13: Clarification of “closure of section” in relation to collective redundancy (P) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20092280.html http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20092280.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-05-03 19:18:48 <![CDATA[ 2012/12: Offshore workers can be required to take annual leave during onshore field breaks (UK) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20092279.html http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20092279.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-05-03 19:18:40 <![CDATA[ 2012/11: European works council cannot stop plant closure (GE) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20092278.html http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20092278.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-05-03 19:18:27 <![CDATA[ 2012/10: Schultz-Hoff with a twist (LUX) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20092277.html http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20092277.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-05-03 19:18:18 <![CDATA[ 2012/9: To which country was the contract more closely connected? (NL) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20092276.html http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20092276.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-05-03 19:18:06 <![CDATA[ 2012/8: Posted workers may benefit from the application of Belgian law (BE) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20092275.html http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20092275.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-05-03 19:17:57 <![CDATA[ 2012/7: German works council rules do not override lex loci labori (AT) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20092274.html http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20092274.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-05-03 19:17:49 <![CDATA[ 2012/6: Parent company liable as “co-employer” for unfair dismissal (FR) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20092273.html http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20092273.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-05-03 19:17:40 <![CDATA[ 2012/5: Not allowing male waiter to wear earrings is discriminatory (FR) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20092272.html http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20092272.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-05-03 19:17:31 <![CDATA[ 2012/4: When is an adjustment to accommodate a disability too expensive to be reasonable? (UK) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20092271.html http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20092271.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-05-03 19:17:23 <![CDATA[ 2012/3: Age was not a factor (DK) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20092270.html http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20092270.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-05-03 19:17:14 <![CDATA[ 2012/2: One company cannot transfer staff to another against their will in the absence of a transfer of undertaking (CZ) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20092269.html http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20092269.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-05-03 19:17:06 <![CDATA[ 2012/1: Cross-border transfer of undertaking from Germany to Switzerland (GE) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20092263.html http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20092263.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-05-03 19:14:46 <![CDATA[ 2011/52: The Albron case following the ECJ's ruling (NL) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20091923.html
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Following the ECJ’s 2010 ruling in the Albron case, the Dutch referring court has now rendered a decision that is likely to affect legal practice in the Netherlands... ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20091923.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-04-13 17:23:46 <![CDATA[ 2011/53: Does disclosing employee’s sexual orientation constitute discrimination or harassment? (UK) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20091924.html
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The Court of Appeal has confirmed that a homosexual employee who had chosen to reveal his sexual orientation to colleagues at a previous workplace could... ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20091924.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-04-13 17:23:36 <![CDATA[ 2011/54: No duty to offer disabled employee career break (UK) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20091925.html
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The duty on an employer to make reasonable adjustments is limited to steps which would alleviate a disabled employee’s disadvantage, by enabling the individual... ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20091925.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-04-13 17:23:24 <![CDATA[ 2011/55: Reasonable adjustment need not have ‘good prospect’ of removing disabled employee’s disadvantage (UK) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20091926.html
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Under UK disability discrimination legislation, a proposed adjustment does not need to have a ‘good or real prospect’ of removing a disabled employee’s disadvantage... ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20091926.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-04-13 17:23:15 <![CDATA[ 2011/56: Severance payment in a social plan based on age as well as on period of employment (GER) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20091927.html
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Severance payments in a social plan can be calculated according to both the age of the employee and to length of service. However, a... ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20091927.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-04-13 17:23:02 <![CDATA[ 2011/57: Facts that constitute sexual harassment may be found outside working hours (FR) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20091928.html
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Sexual remarks and inappropriate behaviour by an employee towards an individual who he is in contact with through his work... ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20091928.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-04-13 17:22:53 <![CDATA[ 2011/58: Automatic termination at age 67 lawful (NO) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20091929.html
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Automatic termination of employment at age 67 solely on the basis of a company policy setting an age limit does not infringe Directive 2000/78 as there... ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20091929.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-04-13 17:22:34 <![CDATA[ 2011/59: Employer must consider employee’s personal circumstances (SP) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20091930.html
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An employer’s refusal to grant an employee’s request for a change in his working hours in order to achieve a better work-life... ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20091930.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-04-13 17:22:22 <![CDATA[ 2011/60: Dismissal for refusing pay cut may be fair provided employer has sound business reasons and acts reasonably (UK) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20091931.html
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The Employment Appeal Tribunal (‘EAT’) has confirmed that it may be fair for an employer to dismiss an employee for refusing to agree to reduction in pay if... ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20091931.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-04-13 17:22:05 <![CDATA[ 2011/61: Forfeiture of holiday claims (GER) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20091932.html
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The German Federal Labour Court (the ‘BAG’) recently decided two cases regarding the forfeiture of entitlement to paid leave and to compensation in lieu of paid leave... ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20091932.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-04-13 17:21:52 <![CDATA[ 2011/62: No doubt about EU law (DK) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20091934.html
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In a case about entitlement to replacement holiday in the event of sickness during a holiday, the Danish High Court did not believe that EU law was unclear... ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20091934.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-04-13 17:21:41 <![CDATA[ 2011/63: American ‘employer’ cannot be sued in Italy (IT) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20091935.html
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An Italian salesman may sue the American company with which he has a contract before an Italian court, but only if his work is connected sufficiently to Italy,... ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20091935.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-04-13 17:21:31 <![CDATA[ 2011/64: Irish system of setting sectoral terms of employment is unconstitutional (IR) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20091936.html
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The plaintiffs in this case sought a declaration that certain provisions of the Industrial Relations Acts 1946 and 1990 were invalid having regard to the... ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20091936.html EELC European Employment Law Cases 2012-04-13 17:21:14 <![CDATA[ 2011/65: Dismissal for marrying a woman of Chinese origin is unfair (GER) ]]> http://www.eelc-online.com/site/afgeschermd/artikel_detail/20091938.html
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The Regional Labour Court in Schleswig-Holstein has recently decided that dismissing an employee for marrying a woman of Chinese origin is unfair.
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